Family and Youth Ministries
We’re so glad you’ve found this community!
There is a place for you here.
However you choose to get involved, we hope you’ll know how welcome you are—just as you are—and find your fit within this community, to help make the world a better place, together.
Questions about programming for families and youth?
Contact Martha Randy familiesandyouth@cedarparkunited.org
Children’s Worship
There’s no homework, competition or school-like need to achieve in our children’s worship.
Instead, it’s a place where children can bring their questions, curiosity and imagination to the rituals and stories of our Christian tradition. They’re invited to participate fully in the all-ages worship in the Sanctuary before getting to have their own worship experience either outside in Creation (whenever the weather permits it) or in the Community Hall. Our goal is always to enable children, in their own way, to experience the holy.
Children can also choose to stay in the Family PraySpace towards the back of the Sanctuary where there’s a rocking chair, beanbag and tables with quiet activities for little hands.
Children and families of all kinds are welcome and cherished for the unique expression of humanity that they are.
Youth Spirit Quest
Youth Spirit Quest is where people going through adolescence get to figure out how they can inhabit the world as a spiritual person... (having a human experience).
This 5-session programme is for youth in grades 6 through 11, and typically happens once each year.
The Youth Spirit Quest begins in the forest and offers a safe, LGBTQ+-affirming and respectful space for exploring questions (not providing all the answers) around spirituality, ethics, life choices, and identity within the human (and holy) story.
Stay tuned for details about the next YSQ cohort, or reach out to let us know you’re interested!
Mini Connections Play Group
🌈 Our drop-in play group for you, adult caregivers with your babies and pre-schoolers, gathers each week from 9 - 11 AM in the Community Hall. Come on over and connect in 3D with other humans!
💟 All our programming is donation-based = you're invited to leave a donation each time you come, as you're able. This keeps Mini Connections accessible for everyone—so that if you're not able to make a donation, you can know you're just as welcome.
🎶 Come on in through the doors under the rainbow flag and turn right—that's where you'll find us. It's free play in our large, bright, Community Hall from 9 - 10:30, and we typically throw on a pot of coffee, too. At 10:30, it's cleanup and songs on the mat!
Most of the time is devoted to free play. Closing songs and circle time begin at around 10:30.
You’re welcome to come for the whole morning or to just stop by for a while. BYO snacks and drinks
Whenever you come, you’re welcome to donate to/take from our
Comfort Pantry (everyday food goods like soups and pasta, cereal and peanut butter)
Comfort Food Freezer (frozen meals and cookies/muffins)
Comfort Closet (gently used kids’ clothes 0-5T/shoes + outerwear + maternity clothes and accessories)
We’re convinced it takes a village, and this is our way of being caring community for each other!